CALL FOR PAPERS

Big Visual Data Analytics (BVDA) Workshop at ICIP 2024
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing
October 27-30, 2024
Abu Dhabi, UAE
https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/cfp-bvda-icip24-workshop/

Paper submission deadline: May 9, 2024

We invite researchers and practitioners working on various aspects of big visual data analytics to submit their work to the Big Visual Data Analytics (BVDA) Workshop, organized in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) 2024. The ever-increasing visual data availability leads to repositories or streams characterized by big data volumes, velocity (acquisition and processing speed), variety (e.g., RGB or RGB-D or hyperspectral images) and complexity (e.g., video data and point clouds). Their processing necessitates novel and advanced visual analysis methods, in order to unlock their potential across diverse domains.

The BVDA Workshop aims to explore this rapidly evolving field encompassing cutting-edge methods, emerging applications, and significant challenges in extracting meaning and value from large-scale visual datasets.… read more. “Call: Big Visual Data Analytics (BVDA) Workshop at IEEE International Conference on Image Processing 2024”

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Digital Death: Transforming History, Rituals and Afterlife Conference
The 7th International Symposium of the Death Online Research Network (DORS#7)
October 3-5, 2024
University of Helsinki, Finland
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/digital-death-transforming-history-rituals-and-afterlife/digital-death-transforming-history-rituals-and-afterlife-conference

Abstract/panel submission deadline: April 26, 2024

How do the dead live among us today?

What kinds of relationships can be established between the living and the dead in today’s society?

How can we achieve immortality in the present-day digital society?

The 7th International Research Symposium of the Death Online Research Network Digital Death: Transforming History, Rituals and Afterlife addresses the cultural and social transformation of human death in modern society as it is characterised by digital saturation of the current collective social and cultural existence. Although death is a universal condition of all humankind, the ways in which death is addressed, managed, and performed in a given society and culture varies considerably.… read more. “Call: Digital Death: Transforming History, Rituals and Afterlife Conference”

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ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2024
October 7-8, 2024
Trier, Germany
https://sui.acm.org/2024/index

Submission deadline for papers: June 10, 2024 (posters/demos: August 2, 2024)

We invite papers, posters, and demo contributions to ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, which is taking place in Trier, Germany, October 7-8, 2024.

All topics that are directly or indirectly relevant to spatial user interactions and interfaces are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: design practices; spatial interaction design; evaluation; perception and cognition; human factors and ergonomics; ethical and social factors; inclusion and accessibility; privacy and security; multimodal spatial interaction; collaborative spatial interaction; visualization; intelligent spatial interfaces; user-adaptive and personalization; applications of spatial UIs.

PAPERS: Submission Deadline: June 10, 2024 (anywhere on earth)

We invite original, unpublished work documenting research contributions, practice and experience, software and toolkits, or systems and novel applications.… read more. “Call: ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2024”

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GALA 2024: 13th Games and Learning Alliance Conference
Organized by the Serious Games Society in collaboration with Berlin School of Economics and Law | HWR Berlin
November 20-22, 2024
Berlin, Germany
https://conf.seriousgamessociety.org/

Submission deadline: July 3, 2024

You are cordially invited to submit papers to the 13th Games and Learning Alliance Conference (GALA Conference 2024). GALA Conference 2024 is an international conference organized by the Serious Games Society in collaboration with the Berlin School of Economics and Law (Business Faculty).

The conference will take place in Berlin (Germany) from 20th November to 22nd November. The objective of the conference is to provide an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on theoretical, generic, and applied areas of serious games.

We are seeking original contributions that advance the state of art of serious game research field.… read more. “Call: GALA 2024: 13th Games and Learning Alliance Conference”

Call for Abstracts

4TU.Ethics ESDIT Conference on
Rethinking Ethics – Reimagining Technology
October 2-4, 2024
University of Twente
The Netherlands
https://conference2024.ethicsandtechnology.eu

Submission deadline: April 24, 2024

The deadline for the abstract submission for the joint Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDiT) / 4TU.Center for Ethics and Technology international conference on “Rethinking Ethics – Reimagining Technology” is approaching. The deadline is 24 April 2024.

The conference will take place from October 2nd to October 4th at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.

With the theme of “Rethinking Ethics – Reimagining Technology”, this conference aims to address the question of what philosophy and ethics of technology mean today. It accordingly seeks to bring together scholars working on philosophy and ethics of technology, whether this work concerns conceptual analysis, reflections on methods for studying and evaluating technology, case-studies in the ethics of (disruptive) technologies, sustainable technology, praxis-oriented approaches geared towards design and social implications, or topics related to these.… read more. “Call: Rethinking Ethics – Reimagining Technology, a 4TU.Ethics ESDIT Conference”

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Academic Mindtrek 2024 – 27th International Academic Mindtrek conference
October 8-11, 2024
Tampere, Finland and Online
https://www.mindtrek.org/academic-mindtrek-2024/

Deadline for submissions of full papers and workshops: May 2, 2024

We are very pleased to announce that the 27th International Academic Mindtrek conference will take place between the 8th and 11th of October 2024. We are hoping to host a hybrid event in Tampere, Finland—in person, and live-streamed online.

The conference will welcome proposals for full papers, workshops, demonstrations and poster presentations on a variety of topics (see tracks below) as well as a Doctoral Consortium.

The International Academic Mindtrek has been for several years an exciting meeting place where researchers, experts and thinkers present results from their latest works regarding the development of novel technology, media and digital culture for the society of tomorrow.

Mindtrek provides a unique platform where individuals from different fields, including companies, startups, academia, and government institutions, come together.… read more. “Call: Academic Mindtrek 2024”

Call for Participation

Stanford University “Design For XR” user need survey (10 min)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8SEG6ES16V1uu-9N5SZcD6bkCU_gO_FyjUmV5FVIkAV-Xpw/viewform

Do you want to be among the first to experience an innovative XR project developed by Stanford engineers?

We are a team of students from Stanford University, participating in the Design for Extended Realities course (DESIGN284). Our assignment is to design and develop an XR project that tackles real-world challenges. To ensure our project truly meets user needs and is based on actual behaviors with XR technology, we’re conducting a survey to gather insights.

By participating, you’ll not only contribute valuable information that will shape the development of our project, but you’ll also have the exclusive opportunity to be one of the first users to experience our XR project.

Please fill out this Google Form to join the initial group of users for our project. Your participation is greatly appreciated, and we’re excited to offer you a firsthand look at what we’re creating!… read more. “Call: Stanford University “Design For XR” user need survey (10 min)”

[NOTE: See the GoodIT 2024 website for more presence-related topics and special tracks. –Matthew]

Call for Papers

Games as Entertainment and Educational Instruments
Special Track at the ACM 4th International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT ’24)
September 4-6, 2024
Bremen, Germany
Special Track: http://csc.dei.unipd.it/serious_games_at_goodit_2024/
GoodIT 2024: https://blogs.uni-bremen.de/goodit2024/

Submission deadline: May 17, 2024

Serious games and gamification techniques are often used to capture and maintain the user’s attention, engagement, and motivation in a wide variety of subjects and contexts, including but not limited to health and lifestyle, workplace training, formal, informal, and adult education, social inclusion, and social change. However, like with every other game, attention, engagement, and motivation must be earned, and can only be requested up to a point. It can be hard to design the right balance of interventions to encourage healthy behaviour change and effective education while preventing engagement in harmful behaviour.… read more. “Call: “Games as Entertainment and Educational Instruments” at the ACM 4th International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2024)”

Call for Abstracts

The 4th European Culture and Technology Lab+ Annual Conference
Transdisciplinary perspectives on AI: Alternative Histories, Current Practices and Possible Futures
October 18-19, 2024
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Cluj Innovation Park Campus
Romania
https://www.univ-tech.eu/the-4th-european-culture-and-technology-lab-annual-conference

Keynote speakers:
David Bates – Department of Rhetoric – University of California, Berkeley
Adrian Groza – Universitatea Tehnică din Cluj-Napoca

Submission deadline: May 15, 2024

The 4th Annual Conference hosted by the European University of Technology and organized by the European Culture and Technology Laboratory ‘ECT Lab+’ aims to bring together experts from the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Technology, and other fields exploring ways of enquiry that enrich (non-)positivist ways of knowing as well as post-structuralist critique towards them. The advent of Artificial Intelligence related technologies is transforming how we live, work and study. The EU is currently drafting the EU AI Act which attempts to put in place a process of legislation for Artificial Intelligence.… read more. “Call: Transdisciplinary perspectives on AI – 4th European Culture and Technology Lab+ Annual Conference”

Call for Papers

“Grief in the Digital Age”
Special Issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
https://link.springer.com/collections/edacfccgdd

Submission deadline: February 1, 2025

Dear all,

We are inviting submissions of articles for a Special Issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences titled “Grief in the Digital Age.” The Special Issue aims to explore the role of digital technologies for grief experiences.

Description:

Grief is a complex phenomenon that can be characterised as an emotional process in response to the irrevocable loss of a significant person. In recent years, research at the intersection of phenomenology and empirically informed philosophy of mind has gained momentum (e.g., Cholbi, 2021; Fuchs, 2018; Markovic, 2022; Millar & Lopez-Cantero, 2022; Ratcliffe, 2023). This research has identified and analysed key aspects of the phenomenology and emotional structure of bereavement responses. However, the influence of socio-cultural practices and technologies on the structure and quality of grief experiences deserves further exploration and scrutiny.… read more. “Call: “Grief in the Digital Age” Special Issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences”